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The ballad of Zachariah Malachai Homegrown musician recording solo album in Nashville Paula Neuman Wyandotte Warrior

Nashville’s calling and Zachary Welch of Wyandotte is picking up the phone.

And the guitar.

And the microphone.

Under his stage name — Zachariah Malachai, something his dad used to call him — with his backing band The Hillbilly Executives, 30-year-old Welch has been performing all over the area, including recently opening for Patti Smith at the Royal Oak Music Theatre.

And on Dec. 17, Zachariah Malachai and the Hillbilly Executives will be the main attraction at The Ark in Ann Arbor.

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MALACHAI

Wyandotte native and Roosevelt grad Zachary Welch aka Zachariah Malachai and his band, the Hillbilly Executives, will headline The Ark in Ann Arbor On Dec 17.

Continued from page 1 But the biggest news just might be that he recently had a recording session in Nashville for a solo album under the wings of legendary record producer Jimmy Capps, who’s been a member of the Grand Ole Opry staff band for the last 60 years and played guitar on a lot of country mega-hits, including Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler,” Ronnie Milsap’s “Smoky Mountain Rain” and Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man.” That opportunity came about when Welch was performing at John A’s bar in Nashville. Gus Arrendale, president of Springer Mountain Farms, a company known for its support of traditional country artists, heard Welch perform, and liked what he heard.

“He plays a huge role in country music in Nashville,” Welch said. “He agreed to finance my record, and he’s also one of the main sponsors of the Grand Ole Opry and the radio station it’s on. He does this a lot, but with mostly known artists. I think I’m the only unknown he’s ever done. He got me in touch with Jimmy Capps. We started the first recording session Oct. 29 and 30 at a studio in Nashville. It was awesome – all these guys in the studio working on my stuff. It’s just insane!”

And it truly is his own “stuff.”

The days of performing covers of other people’s music are over. Welch writes and performs his own songs, which resonate as traditional, old-time country music.

“Most of the time, a song kind of comes on, almost like a possession,” he said. “The last song I wrote — I woke up at 4 in the morning and I had a line going through my head. I ended up writing the whole song in about five minutes. Hank Williams said that God wrote the song and he was the one who held the pen. That’s kind of how it is with me. It’s just a weird phenomenon. I get a basic idea for a melody; most of the time it comes with a chorus, the hook, that’s what usually comes first. After that, I build on the chorus and then the verses.”

Welch has a humorous take on songwriting.

“Musicians tend to cause a lot of their own problems,” he said. “What I mean by that is if songwriters get

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I was this oddball kid that loved old music. I didn’t really fit into a mold.” bored, they don’t have a lot to write about. They get themselves into a predicament so they have something to write about. That’s why they’re all so wacky. The best songwriters always die early or have these relationships that break off. They butcher everything good that comes their way.

You get too comfortable and then you can’t write.

“So the basis of my life is: Butcher the good thing you have going so you can write.”

He laughed. Does his girlfriend, who has her own country music roots and performing ability, know about this philosophy? He said maybe not, but his ex-girlfriends surely do. And he laughed again.

Welch is serious when he talks

about the musical connections that have come into his life, including his girlfriend and her family, and his Hillbilly Executives lead guitarist, Jackson Smith of Royal Oak, and his family.

Smith is the son of the late Fred “Sonic” Smith of the MC5 and punk rock poet and performer Patti Smith.

“Patti Smith has been a blessing and a half,” Welch said. “She has been so encouraging about my music and Jackson’s involvement in it.”

Jackson Smith and singer/ songwriter Nicole Atkins are producing records in New York City now. And they’re working on a solo album — separate from the Nashville record — featuring Welch.

“The Nashville one probably will

be considered my debut record,” Welch said. “I’ve been blessed to have a lot of my superiors reaching down to help. It’s humbling.”

So he’s working a day job for now, flying and driving to Nashville and New York often and following his musical dream. And he’s never been happier.

“It’s so strange,” Welch said.

“In Michigan, you’re raised with the notion that you need to get into industry and go to college. In Nashville, music and art is taken more seriously. I tried two or three careers to make a life for myself, and when I decided it has to be music, everything fell into place. All the stars are aligning the way they were supposed to. And all the people in my life who have come along — I’m just astonished.”

Besides Jackson Smith, his other bandmates in the Hillbilly Executives are bass play James MacPhee of Royal Oak, well-known fiddler Aaron Jonah Lewis of Detroit and drummer Todd Glass of Royal Oak. It all started with an online advertisement.

“I inquired about an ad on Craig’s List that James put up looking for people to start a honky-tonk band,” Welch said. “The band name has probably changed three times. We slowly shifted from covers to my original songs. Then Jackson said I should put my name in front of the band.”

Welch grew up in Wyandotte, spend his summers with grandparents in Tennessee, and graduated from Roosevelt High School.

“I was this oddball kid that loved old music,” he said. “I didn’t really fit into a mold.”

His musical icons include Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell and Faron Young — honky-tonk musicians Welch’s dad loved and that Welch grew up listening to. His own songs and musical style reflect that style of traditional country, and are getting attention. Welch plans to move to Nashville at some point to pursue his dream.

“I get up every morning and tell myself I’m going to play the Grand Ole Opry some day,” he said.

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Do yourself and your neighbor a favor, Shop Small Business Saturday Saturday, Nov 30 is an important day. It is a day we can all go out and make our communities a little better, a little stronger by using our economic power.

Nov. 30 - the Saturday after Thanksgiving - is Small Business Saturday, a day set aside for people to put off trips to the box stores and online retailers and concentrate on buying things locally, in stores owned and operated by our friends and neighbors.

Small Business Saturday is an annual tradition introduced by American Express in 2010. As part of its Shop Small movement, the intent is to strengthen local communities by supporting small businesses within them.

There are lots of great reasons to shop at local, independently owned retail outlets. If you read our friend Peter Rose’s column each month, he will explain them all.

His main reasoning is that it has been proven that dollars spent at local shops recirculate in the community

far, far more than dollars spent at national retailers and certainly farther than money spent online.

And that’s true.

But as a selfish consumer, I really am most concerned about how my shopping choices directly affect me.

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Don’t forget Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday Peter Rose Wyandotte Warrior

This is the third time I’ve picked up the gauntlet and accepted the challenge of encouraging the support of small, local and independent in these publications. The weekend that serves as a focal point comes up fast.

“Shift your Shopping” weekend this year is Nov. 29-30 and I encourage you to get out and support Downriver’s local and independent businesses.

Nov. 29 is Plaid Friday and Nov. 20 is the more well-known Small Business Saturday. I encourage you to participate.

While many spread their shopping for gifts out over more time than just the few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, many use the muchhyped Black Friday to kick it off.

The weekend after Thanksgiving sees a spike in shopping activity everywhere. Small enjoys the surge as well, but the marketing tsunami from national chains and internet options takes an inordinate amount of the pie as the season gets into higher gear.

It takes an enormous amount of money to advertise like that, money that only publicly traded companies can spend. At a time when it matters a great deal, BIG gains huge advantage over SMALL, through the expenditure of surreal monies to buy our business, and in so doing, to divert as many dollars as possible from independent and locally owned businesses everywhere.

Independent businesses are benefitted tremendously by the increased traffic that comes at this time of year. The stakes at this time of year cannot be overstated. Every transaction matters a great deal to indies. We all do a great deal of work to prepare and ready ourselves, and as the year rushes to a close, time gets compacted. We run out of year; we run out of time to make the year a winner.

Shopping during the holiday season can be exactly as we all remember it, and as it should be - not a ball of stress, not the insane traffic and

crowds and lousy service that the malls promise.

Nothing like that at all, as a matter of fact. We simply have to choose the places to shop that offer smiles and warmth and service and uniqueness.

While I write from a vantage point of Wyandotte’s independent businesses, the downriver region is loaded with choices that are guaranteed to make you a happier person this holiday season.

It is more than safe to say that we can all do with anything at all that makes us happier, less stressed, and more grateful.

Independent businesses deliver an experience that is just not available elsewhere. I write these columns to remind of that truth.

American Express created Small Business Saturday. We Indies were thrilled to have all that airtime devoted to small, local, independent.

Indeed, it worked exactly as American Express planned it for themselves, and it also had a powerfully positive

impact on the awareness of millions that really hadn’t given all that much thought to the options of local as opposed to national or internet.

Everyone won.

That campaign buttressed the efforts of local-first organizations like Love Wyandotte across the nation, which all strive mightily to provide some wind in the sails for the businesses that comprise their ranks.

Organizations that exist not for profit, but for the hopefully increased profit of their membership. For the sole purpose of fostering and catalyzing a more flourishing independent business environment for at least the area in which they operate.

Organizations like this also push back as much as possible against the Black Friday scourge, in the creation of versions that are friendlier to local and independent. Hopefully, now, when you see ads and materials that refer to Plaid Friday, you’ll know a bit more what they’re talking about!

They’re giving you some good,

solid advice - some words of wisdom that will improve your entire outlook on life, if only you take heed.

As you do take the advice and shop local and independent this holiday season, let it sink in I’m actually right - you are happier as a result! There are other crucially important reasons to shop local. Like keeping your dollars local to protect and nurture your own well being.

Remember, your community is not made up of totally separate, unrelated sectors like non-profits, residents and businesses. No, your community is all of those and more, all working in miraculous union, just like your own body. Your heart, your limbs, your brain - all working seamlessly to make you what you are. Same with communities. If your business community is compromised, your entire community is lessened.

For now, though, let’s focus on the wonder of the holiday season. If all of us experience it with more warmth and joy by just shopping locally, we ‘ll make a huge difference for all of us to enjoy as the Downriver community!

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eo Stevenson has been named to the Forbes “America’s Top Wealth Advisors” list for his work as managing director of wealth management at Merrill Lynch’s Wyandotte office.

Stevenson, a Wyandotte native and Grosse Ile resident, is managing director of wealth management at Merrill Lynch. It was his second year on the Forbes Top 250 Wealth Advisors list, which is based on a number of criteria. He is ranked as the number one financial advisor in Michigan among non-independent firms.

Forbes is a national magazine. The ranking is based on an algorithm of qualitative criteria that weighs factors like revenue trends, assets under management, compliance records and industry experience, along with encompassing best practices in the agency approach to working with clients, among other items.

Stevenson said he works with his clients to understand their concerns and priorities, developing wealth management strategies to help them as they work toward their goals, focusing on retirement along with personal and business planning.

Stevenson also has been named to Barron’s list of Top 1,200 Advisors six years in a row. He has trained more than 300 Merrill Lynch financial advisors nationwide on practice management, while making the Downriver area one of his primary focuses.

In fact, his seminars designed to help people manage their finances “so they can retire and potentially live out their dreams” have been presented to several thousand people in the region. A recent seminar attracted more than 200 people – clients and potential clients – at Crystal Gardens in Southgate.

“At the seminars, we talk about the options people have when they’re

investing and what to expect – how to get paychecks for their entire lives from the money they saved,” he said.

The Clients “I have 12 people who work with me in Wyandotte,” Stevenson said. “What differentiates us that we go beyond fulfilling the financial needs of our clients. We take a very keen interest in their personal lives.

“We just don’t sit with our clients and talk numbers,” he said. “It’s really about a holistic approach to everything in our clients’ lives. We’re there for

them. We assist them. People see that difference in us. They see that we truly care.”

Gary Martin, who worked with Stevenson when both were at BASF in Wyandotte, called him “a very good friend and trusted advisor.”

Most of Stevenson’s new clients now come from word of mouth.

“They tell their friends about us, which is really cool,” Stevenson said.

Local Boy Makes Good Stevenson grew up as the youngest of three children in his parents’

Wyandotte home at Ninth Street and St. John’s. He said his father was in a stock club.

“I was a little weird in that I enjoyed looking at company financials when I was 10 years old or so,” he said. “My love for this industry and profession actually started when I was 12. I’ve invested my entire life.”

As a pre-teen, Stevenson bought his first stock in an auto supply company known as Hayes Albion with money he made delivering the Detroit Free Press. He still has the stock certificate in his office. He continued investing, researching different companies and products that he saw being used.

“Growing up in Wyandotte, I didn’t have my first new bike until I was 13,” he said. “I bought it with paper route money. I didn’t get my first new baseball mitt until I was 17. Fifty years ago in Wyandotte, we had hand-medowns. It was all right. Nobody knew any different and everything was good.”

While attending Roosevelt High School, Stevenson would occasionally help a business class instructor by teaching investing. He was already so knowledgeable. He graduated high school in 1974 and went on to earn a finance degree in 1978 from Michigan State University.

He went to work as an accountant at BASF and then at a Division of Molson Brewery of Montreal when the Canadian firm bought the accounting division. He worked his way up the ranks to become director of international marketing. The division was eventually old off to Lever Brothers, a much larger company in The Netherlands.

Bullish on America Stevenson’s career changed 25 years ago when he went to work at Merrill Lynch.

“I felt that there is a real need for individuals that worked all of their lives, paid off their house, sent their kids to college, saved in their 401Ks and then realized they have a nice nest egg and need help in managing it so they can retire and hopefully live SEE LEO, Page 11

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LEO Continued from page 10 out their dreams,” he said. “My whole goal when I meet with someone is to understand what they want to accomplish and what their dreams are and then attempt to help them achieve their dreams using my knowledge of financial markets.”

Stevenson and his team provide client services, managing portfolios and investment returns, following 35 different metrics. He said the data helps determine asset allocations among their clients using his staff’s more than 100 years of combined experience.

Their client services are more than investing. The team also helps with estate planning, insurance needs, credit, retirement planning and mortgages, plus their personal needs.

“We’re always looking out for our clients,” he said.

“We don’t have a crystal ball and we can’t guarantee investment results, but we’re very data driven and use our experience to help us make decisions.”

A dozen years ago, Stevenson purchased the big metal bull that rests outside the Merrill Lynch office on Biddle Avenue. The bull was the creation of metal artist Keith Coleman and was outside River’s Edge Gallery down the street when Stevenson made an offer that was accepted.

The bull – a famous corporate symbol of Merrill Lynch – was relocated in September 2007 as part of an elaborate ceremony that celebrated the grand opening of the new office. Stevenson said the city agreed to close Biddle on a Friday night. There was a large banner proclaiming Merrill Lynch was “Bullish on America.” The Roosevelt band performed patriotic songs and several chorus groups sang as a 1930 John Deer tractor pulled the several hundred pound bull to its new home. City officials and several thousand people were in attendance.

The office is in a building that was created in the 1800s, starting as the Arlington Hotels. The site has had many inhabitants over the years, most notably Armstrong Clothing. Before Merrill Lynch could move in, workers had to shore up the foundations, walls, ceilings and roof to preserve it.

“It was very close to being demolished,” Stevenson said. “Now, it’s home to a national company on a prime corner of Wyandotte’s Downtown, which is pretty cool. There’s a landmark bull and a landmark building.”

Does he have any general advice for investors young and old? “Starting to save as young as possible is important,” Stevenson said. “If someone saves $2,000 a year for 30 years and can earn 6 percent

compounded on average, they will accumulate over $150,000. For older investors, we are living longer and are much more active in our older years. Having a sufficient nest egg as we age is important for personal wellbeing.”

Community Involvement One of the factors Forbes considers when selecting its Top 250 list is community involvement. Stevenson said he and wife of 12 years Marie enjoy giving to others. Marie is a teacher in the Wayne Westland Schools. The couple’s interests are wide ranging.

Stevenson has been part of the advisory board at the Salvation Army and helped start a soup kitchen

purchases the food for the post to serve after the annual Wyandotte Independence Day Parade. He made a sizable donation so the post could hold a 100th anniversary celebration tribute, which is scheduled for November 9.

“I think Leo is just amazing, to be honest with you,” said Auxiliary Unit President Cari Salamon.

“He is cordial. He’s inviting. He’s always been there whenever we needed him.

“Leo has always been an asset to the community and to American Legion and to your life in general.

He’s just a nice guy.”

The Stevensons have endowed $200,000 for Roosevelt graduates and $100,000 in scholarships for

in Wyandotte. The couple are major supporters of the Kids Talk program at The Guidance Center. He is active with the Pallottine Fathers Mission, is president of the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club and is vice chairman of the Wyandotte Downtown Development Authority.

“We really appreciate what he does for our organization,” said Major Brian Reed of Salvation Army Downriver. “He’s a very humble guy who wants to give back to the community. He likes the Salvation Army mission and really supports everything we’ve done.”

Stevenson consistently comes through for the Wyandotte American Legion and Auxiliary. He

Grosse Ile graduates attending Michigan State. Like her husband, Marie Stevenson is a graduate of MSU. Two of their six children are also Spartans.

“We’re so blessed that giving back has to be second nature to us,” Stevenson said. “If we can help other people out, we’re very fortunate to be able to do that.

“Growing up in Wyandotte, it’s really been an honor and privilege for me to have my office in Wyandotte.

Our office has been here 20 years now. Wyandotte has always been a very strong community. All 13 of us in this office are very happy to be associated with Wyandotte. Every day, I see friends coming to the office, stopping by to say hello. It’s really a neat situation.”

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Chamber honors four women of achievement Each year, the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce presents its Women of Achievement Awards to Downriver residents who are affiliated with a nonprofit organization or a business that belongs to the chamber.

And sometimes the honorees are both businesswomen and nonprofit volunteers.

Winners were chosen by a chamber selection committee from member nominations and were judged solely on content with names removed from the forms.

Sarah Kew of Southgate is this year’s winner of the chamber’s Unsung Heroine Award.

She’s devoted to Kiwanis, a global nonprofit group of volunteers who provide community service in many forms, focusing particularly — but not exclusively — on the needs of children.

Kew isn’t just involved with Kiwanis, she is governor of the group for the entire state of Michigan.

She leads 160 clubs and their 4,500 members. She also works from home for online retailer Ruby Ribbon and, with her husband, cares for her 5-yearold son Maxwell.

“I love volunteering and helping to make the world a better place,” Kew said in her award speech. “My biggest motivation is my son.”

Creating a better future for children like Maxell inspires her in all that she does, she said. She also volunteers with the Kiwanis Key Leader program, which offers activities and workshops for teenagers, and with the Michigan Young Professionals group.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell offered a special Congressional recognition for Kew on Oct. 18.

The formal recognition talked of Kew “working quietly behind the scenes” to ensure that Kiwanis continues its work for children and the community.

“Known amongst her peers and colleagues for her high degree of professionalism, compassion and ambition, she is well-loved and cherished by so many within the Kiwanis organization and beyond,” the Congressional Record states.

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Sarah Kew, Kimberly Kramer, Anita Twardesky and Ann Rudisill were award winners at the SWCRC Women of Achievement Awards last month. They were joined on stage by SWCRC chief Ron Hinrichs.

praise or recognition for any of her significant accomplishments.”

Kimberly Kramer of Lincoln Park, founder of Your Look Logos LLC, was honored with the chamber’s Entrepreneur Award.

Kramer’s company, based in Lincoln Park, offers promotional products— everything from pens to leather-bound journals — imprinted with brand names, and also prints T-shirts. She helps the chamber with networking events, and is an active volunteer with the Downriver West Kiwanis Club and Mimi’s Mission.

Kramer said, “I’m grateful to do what I love every day and this recognition is very appreciated!”

Ann Rudisill of Wyandotte, founder of nonprofit Downriver for Veterans, was awarded the chamber’s Inspiring Achievement Award.

In 2018, Rudisill and her enterprise were featured on the Facebook-based reality show “Returning the Favor” featuring TV personality Mike Rowe.

The episode has been viewed millions of times, and inspired donations for Downriver for Veterans and raised awareness for those in need of its help.

Rudisill, a Vietnam-era Air Force veteran, was serving in the Downriver Regional Veterans Treatment Court in Southgate a few years ago when she realized that many Downriver veterans were without basic needs — food, clothing and more —and had no way to get to Detroit for VA services.

She formed DFV in 2017, and it’s been going strong ever since. Rowe donated $30,000 to the group, which enable it to purchase a handicap accessible van to get veterans in wheelchairs to medical appointments or where they need to go.

The DFV warehouse in Wyandotte is stocked with food, clothing, furniture and hygiene products, and Rudisill and her volunteers box up food and other sundries to make regular deliveries to veterans in need to can’t get there. DFV also help

veterans with housing, transportation and paperwork.

“Everything we do here is out of the heart,” Rudisill said during the awards ceremony. “How do you not help somebody that helped our country?”

Members of DFV’s advisory board include Dingell and Wyandotte Mayor Joe Person, a Vietnam veteran.

Rudisill is known as a “spitfire” who never takes no for an answer. If a veteran has a problem, she will work until she finds a way to solve it.

Anita Twardesky of Trenton, community outreach and public relations manager for Wyandottebased Riverside Kayak Connection LLC and president of Downriver Linked Greenways was honored with the chamber’s Leadership Award.

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Continued from page 17 Downriver for many years. She is a founding member of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Alliance, led the development of Huron River Trail Town and founded Destination Downriver.

For Twardesky, it’s all about bringing people and communities together to get more people Downriver outside for recreation, education and exercise — and promoting the area in the process.

She’s an active chamber member, and has served as parks and recreation director for the cities of Woodhaven and Flat Rock. She chairs the Trails Committee for the Michigan Recreation and Parks Association, and is a member of the State Wide Advisory Group Michigan Water Trails.

“We have a great community Downriver and are very fortunate to have so many parks, hiking and biking trails, rivers, and other waterways,”

Twardesky said. “Access to our natural resources is key to our region for both economic development benefits and recreation use.”

In 2013, the chamber honored her with its Image Award in recognition of her promotion of the Downriver area.

Winning the Leadership Award this year prompted this Facebook comment from her: “Thank you seems hardly enough. Congratulations to all the women who were honored!

You all are amazing women doing amazing work in our community.

What an inspiration! Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber —thank you for making this an unforgettable experience from start to finish!”

The Women of Achievement Awards were presented during an Oct. 18 luncheon at Crystal Gardens in Southgate. Women’s health care advocate and philanthropist Karen Colina Wilson Smithbauer, a Trenton native who now lives in Monroe, served as guest speaker. Christy McDonald of Detroit Public TV served as master of ceremonies.

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The holiday-themed event includes appetizers, dinner, open bar, a live auction, raffles and an awards ceremony. All proceeds from the Christmas Auction & Dinner will benefit local charities and community projects. Tickets are $55 per person, $100 per couple or $450 for a table of 10.

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Library Closed December 24-25, December 31, January 1. Give Back at Bacon!

Toys for Tots Drop Off Nov. 1 through December 10th Giving Tree November 1-December 23 Put new gloves, mittens, scarves & hats on our giving tree Pets Need Comfort Too! November 1-December 23 We are collecting items for pets to be donated to the Wyandotte Animal shelter – these items can be used blankets, towels, food, etc.

Story Times Please register in person, online at baconlibrary.org, or by phone at 734246-8357 Begins November 5, 2019 through December 11, 2019 Babytime/Toddler • Tuesdays @ 10 a.m.

Join Ms. Lynne for stories, music, dance and bubbles! This program is gear to children under the age of three.

Preschool Storytime • Wednesdays @ 11 a.m.

Join Ms. Lynne for stories, music, dance and parachute play! This program is gear to children age 3 and up.

Family Fireside Storytime • Wednesday, December 11 @ 7 p.m.

As the temperatures drop we invite you to a family evening storytime around a roaring fireplace in the historic Bacon home. Our featured story will be followed by a simple craft and bedtime snack.

Book Sale The Friends of Bacon Library offer an ever-changing selection of books and other media for sale in the library’s multi-purpose room during library hours.

Tech Tutorials @ Bacon Library Check our online calendar at baconlibrary.org or call 734-246-8357 for one on one technology help.

Teen & YA Writing Group is December 2 & December 16 @ 6 - 8 p.m.

Get together with other teens and young adults to share your work and build your craft. Participants are encouraged to bring small pieces of their work. Different aspects of the writing process will be explored through writing prompts, workshops, critiquing and free writing.

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Downriver Plarning: Bag Ladies With a Cause is every Tuesday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

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The Information Center holds its annual Gala Dave Gorgon Wyandotte Warrior

The annual gala fundraiser of The Information Center was a success Oct. 10 at Crystal Gardens in Southgate.

The gala is the primary fundraiser to enable the center to provide free community programs and services to those that need them in the Downriver area and surrounding region.

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Bacon Book Club is December 4 @ 7 p.m.

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Read with Cam is December 4, 11, 18 @ 6 p.m.

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Beginner’s Dungeons & Dragons is December 9 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

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Please register in person, online at baconlibrary.org, or by phone at 734246-8357.

Bullet Journal is December 18 @ 6:30 p.m.

Bullet journaling is a organizational strategy that can lead to higher performance, more productivity and a satisfying feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. Learn new and simple planning techniques or tweak your existing strategies. We will share monthly what worked and what didn’t and plan our coming months together. We also will dive into hand lettering and layouts for those of you with a creative streak. Please bring a notebook and something to write with. A ruler and colored markers or highlighters would be nice as well but not necessary. Here’s to a productive new year!

Game Night is Monday, December 30 at 6 p.m.

Join us for a night of games at the library! The Nintendo Switch will be set up and the board games will be dusted off. Participants are encouraged to bring their own games and Switches.

of Motown’s 60th anniversary by Phase 5 and the Phase 5 Orchestra. Toni Battle, community relations coordinator for the Henry Ford Village Senior Retirement Community, served as emcee.

The Information Center is an accredited nonprofit information and referral agency that connects people with services that can help them.

Since 1975, the center has provided a community Helpline with free comprehensive information and referral services for the public; assistance to the unemployed; services for seniors and the disabled; and personalized assistance understanding eligibility for public benefits and other human services.

The Information Center’s certified health insurance navigators also provide free assistance for those searching for health insurance options.

For more information about The Information Center, call (734) 282-7171 or visit the website theinfocenter.org.

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Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign Bell ringers are collecting; $20 bill donations turn into $100 on Dec. 14

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Salvation Army Bell Ringer Locations Downriver

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he Salvation Army’s bell ringers are getting in place throughout the Downriver area for the holiday season.

However, anyone planning to donate at least $20 into a local Red Kettle may want to consider Dec, 14 as the day to do it.

On that Saturday, every $20 bill donated will be matched by four more $20 bills by members of the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club, turning each $20 donation into $100.

The venture is the first for the Wyandotte-based Downriver Salvation Army, which counts on donations throughout the holidays to provide services to the needy all year long.

Organizers said that the $20 donations must include $20 bills for the match to take place. The goal is to increase funds collected during the Red Kettle Campaign.

The Grosse Ile Country Club raised tens of thousands of dollars during a special fundraiser on Nov. 8 to provide funding for the match.

The partnership continues a connection between long-time club officer Leo Stevenson and The Salvation Army that has included fundraising, the creation of an endowment fund and the start of a soup kitchen.

Stevenson, a Wyandotte native and Grosse Ile resident, is managing director of wealth management at Merrill Lynch’s Wyandotte location.

The Salvation Army, founded in 1865 in England, is a faith-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving people in need. During the past year, The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit provided nearly 2.5 million meals and more than 570,000 nights of shelter for the homeless. The agency uses 87 cents of every dollar raised to provide direct services to people in need every day of the year.

The Wyandotte community center is located at 1258 Biddle Avenue.

The Red Kettle Campaign “is a major fundraiser for us for the season and throughout the year,” said Major Brian Reed, who operates the

Wyandotte location with his wife, Major Heidi Reed.

Reed said the “local fundraising goal for the Red Kettles is $255,000” and he is hopeful that the Downriver residents will show their support, especially during the $20 challenge on Dec, 14.

“I’m praying it’s going to be very successful,” he said. “This is the first time we’re doing it. We’ve heard other Salvation Army officers have had tremendous success. We’re excited about doing it in the Downriver area.”

The services provided by The Salvation Army are wide-ranging.

Among them: ● The lunchtime soup kitchen feeds about 60 people daily. ● A before- and after-school latchkey program, which serves children attending Wyandotte Public Schools and their families. A bus transports students to and from school as a service to working parents. ● A food pantry ● Assistance with rent, paying utilities and medical and dental care, motor vehicle fuel and bus tickets.

● An archery class teaches the basics of bow-and-arrow use to children and parents, including safety. ● Air-rifle safety. ● Meal sharing starting at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays. ● Senior bingo from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Tuesdays. ● Youth groups from 4:30 to 6:30 Tuesdays. ● A Christmas Assistance program distributes food to families and gifts to children. Registrations for Christmas help are accepted Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through December 12. Gifts also are delivered to 19 nursing homes in the area. ● Coats were distributed free of charge to people of all ages on November 15. ● Bible study and church services.

Sunday school takes place at 9:45 a.m.

Sundays. Church begins at 11 a.m.

Both Reeds are second-generation ordained ministers.

For more information about The Salvation Army, call (877) SAL-MICH or visit the website www.salmich.org.

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To register as a bell ringer, visit the website registertoring.com

The Salvation Army is seeking bell ringers. Anyone ringing a bell during the Red Kettle Campaign can qualify for the “Ring for Bling” promotion.

Winners will receive one of six diamond and gold vertical bar pendant necklaces donated by Lucido Fine Jewelers. The promotion is sponsored by iHeartMedia, located in Farmington Hills.

To volunteer to become a bell ringer, visit the website registertoring.com.

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